4 Reasons Gen Z is NOT Joining the Military (Marine Reacts)
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2022
- America's Military has the worst recruitment numbers in decades. It's not just the United States facing low retention and military recruitment. Canada and the UK are also struggling to fill roles in their armed forces.
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Is the USMC Co-ed boot camp making the Corps Better? More effective killing bad guys? ruclips.net/video/EnyiwlUen44/видео.html
I think that is horrible and that they should change it. That's why the boot camp sucks. And they should make it tougher, like Vietnam tough. At least the Marine boot camp is tougher than the Army's.
Nope. I was an 0331 and females don't do anything but distract and/or get in the way. I can't honestly say they couldn't be effective in all female divisions but remain doubtful.
Nope
As a person from this generation is personally I I think a lot of it is that how frowned upon masculinity has become in our generation so men are taught that being apart of something like the military is a bad thing and you could get hurt simply are generation is soft and I think the only thing that could bring that pride of the military and people wanting to join is if they get ride of the woke bs
Not one damn bit
They are literally saying “I’m not going to die for my country because the US government is corrupt” and I can’t argue against that
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It's not their country anymore. The country turned it's back on the nation that created it. It is beyond saving and must be allowed to kill itself so it can be re-created by those who still have the ideals.
To boot, most deaths sustained in the military are "self-inflicted" the Navy alone has suffered from collisions with tankers which took sailors lives thanks to their CO missing an ENTIRE SHIP larger than YOUR OWN crashing into you. There is a risk of dying in the military, but people are waking up to the fact that the biggest risk these days comes from incompetent leadership and being killed by people you have no stake in. Completely agree with you.
@@amelancholybear1534 Women ship drivers who can't move a vessel from A to B without running aground.
@@amelancholybear1534 How TF do you crash a ship into another ship?...like without external circumstances.
I’m a Marine vet, and my wife is retired Air Force. The wokeness, and more recently the forced experimental needle-loads absolutely stopped us from suggesting military service for our sons (now 23 and 18). Everything the military is doing is making it LESS lethal, and more dangerous for those who join. The last person I want to share a fighting hole with is Emma… or even worse, a Michael who thinks he’s an Emma.
I am a Marine Corps Veteran and it makes me angry what they are doing to my Corps, or any branch for that fact! Smh it is just sick to do this weaking our Military period. I do not blame you for wanting to keep your sons out of the Military! Semper Fi !
You nailed it!!!👏👏👏Exactly why I wont be joining
EWWWWWWW TRANSPHOBIC
I think the reason a lot of people won't join, is the same reason I wouldn't, and the same reason I've known marine friends who tried to hang themselves in the barracks which is the first time I've seen an early twenties person seriously try that. It's not "wokeness" or covid conspiracies. It's that we've taken on a load of being discriminating about what exactly we support, and whether we can effectively support it. There will be decisions you strongly disagree with, and you will be a cog in the machine so you'll just have to live with it. People don't hang themselves because of a woke hashtag, but they might if they've spent years forming a brotherhood with Kurds only to be called back and watch them be offered up for summary execution, like what happened with the Kurdish betrayal under Trump. They've been groomed to live for honor, only to be dishonored in the end.
Nailed it. Former USAF.
When the system hates you and says they want to exterminate you there is no reason to sacrifice yourself for it.
Except it doesn't lol. Get over yourself. Your kind isn't oppressed.
Indeed
I am a former Marine and then went Navy. I have over 26 years in and plan to hit my 30, but this is a true struggle. The military has become a large organization lacking honesty to self and each other. If you speak with your truth, you will be targeted. If you lean in on your troops, they consider you too hard or a bully. And I close with this as I am now in DC… I had to listen to a retired CMC that transitioned and spoke how difficult he/she had it to pro noun training. We have lost our way and lost ourselves.
Pronoun training sounds too orwellian for my liking
This pro noun crap is about the dumbest thing imaginable....How can anyone of reasonable intelligence take that seriously?
Pathetic isn't it
Americans 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️what a joke
Sad . Heaven help us if we ever have a major war and need a draft .
The feeling that you won't be used to protect your country and fellow countrymen, but for internationalist business schemes and world policing under false pretences, then being abandoned by the state is a big 'turn off' for some of the most patriotic young people. Same exact thing is happening in the UK beat by beat.
that pretty much nails it lol
Not just in the US and UK.
For example here in Germany most people hate our government because the politicians are systematically destroying the country.
If there would be a russian invasion(ignoring how unlikely it is) most people would prefer fighting the government and some would even consider joining the russians because the country is going downhill and many(myself included) think that only violence can cause a positive change.
@@trashcanman6649 join the Russians..continuing the German tradition of picking the wrong side, then🏴🇺🇦
World policing under false pretences? As opposed to not false pretences. What was the USMC or the UK doing in Peking as was in 1900? The Marines again in the Caribbean and Central America 1920-30s. In our case 19th century RN anti slavery patrols, RHKP, Palestine Police etc. Sorry if you didnt intend it but that sounds like another everything starts from Tony Blair type comment
"For it's Tommy this an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot' From 'Tommy' by Rudyard Kipling circa 1890, not 2022.
Milley isn't just a failure, he's a symbol of how broken our officer class is.
Broken? You cannot even become a general or even colonel without being either a Freemason or a Mormon(which is a weirdo-subbranch and recruitment pool of freemasonry).
The slow and steady destruction and degradation of the USA from within has been planned for atleast a century and has been followed for atleast 7 decades.
Well if you are precise it started with the founding of the antiamerican zionist Union and the conquest of the independant southern nationstates and the abolishing of individual State Rights. It only continued since then with the takeover of the feds, most US presidents being related to each other, Jesuits founding most universities to brainwash whole generations with liberalism and communism and so on
Ya.she will become a prime target if WAR ever happen . THEY will (kill) her in a most disgusting of a way imaginable..out of Sheer hatred/disgust.i hope my English is o.k
He is a traitor. He is reportedly to have said he would warn Red China if we ever decided to try and intervene on Taiwan's behalf.
Milley is a traitor who will send military Intel to Chinese general
Miley should have been thrown in prision for treason , he is. Damm traitor to Merida nd must be removed!
The US Military has done an amazing job of attempting to reach out and accommodate the very people who are the least likely to join the military…like Emma and her two moms….
It is good that those with tyrannical aspirations are such poor strategists.
While at the same time, Milley declares that young white men are basically terrorists and a national security threat. Brilliant guy, they have behind the wheel of this thing!
You mean the people that can’t shoot.
It’s mind-boggling 😂 the red blooded, red meat, God fearing Americans are the ones that WILL actually volunteer to fight and possibly die for their country. It seems like they are trying everything they can think of to make sure those type of guys will no longer look at that as an honorable, commendable thing.
Like the Republicans and what were once minorities
I’m a Army Vet. Also worked as a GS civilian for them. You are spot on my friend. You’d have to be completely insane or desperate to join any branch of the military right now.
Benefits are pretty good, in the guard and doing rotc for active officer.
Why would I do anything for a government that has no problem designating me a terrorist.
Why would I do anything for a government that will only promote me if I chop off my genetalia and identify as a women
Yep. They want drones who have no problem putting down a guided tour. Sorry I meant "insurrection".
Maybe not being a terrorist might help? Or at least figure out why you might be considered one and correct the mistake they made in a civilised manner? I know the concept of democracy has lost it flavour with lots of self proclaimed patriots who have not ever read that constitution let alone the transcripts, but yeah... Just read the real thing, instead of the insane BS others regurgitated for you. Things will start making sense again.
@@chubbymoth5810 Now is not the time
to troll.
@Chubby Moth Could you glow any harder?
I'm Gen z and joined the marines.
I'm out now because I sustained many injuries from service.
The VA does not want to give me 100% gi bill, I've been in recovery for 5 years, and I've been in pain both mentally and physically for all these years.
It was not worth it.
Hope you're doing better and wish you the best brother
Ty for your service
Keep fighting the VA. Do whatever you have to do. They will cave eventually. Trust me, a lot of us deal with the VA's nonsense on a regular basis, you are not alone and there are resources at your disposal to help you. Keep on fighting.
Get a case worker for your claims, thats how I got my 100 %
Use a private group for you va % my old sgt got a 100%, they take portion of your ba kpay but it's worth it to not deal with older vets brow beating you and sabatoging you in your exams by bad mouthing you to the staff and examiners. THAT HAPPENS.
As a Canadian vet, I'm embarrassed by the state of our military.
Have you been suggested to be euthanised by the government yet?
Ditto
Same here
@Chris Davis Ok Chris, take it easy buddy
It's so racist against white men
When you got someone yelling at you "do me 90 push ups now" but they themselves can barely do 15 that alone says plenty
Years down the road you`ll be glad you were able to do 90.
I had thought about joining the military. As a kid I watched the military channel religiously and thought about joining regularly. Flash forwards to now. I'm 19 and I hate this government. They are severely incompetant in both civil and military matters. They are a noble caste disconnected from the people they represent while pretending to have our best interests in mind.
The leadership is no longer there, we are nothing but cannon fodder to these folks. They are woke, look at Afghanistan. Your life is not worth spit to them.
they are nothing but corrupt, criminal moral degenates that are incompetent and full on mentally insane as that is what an embraces of Woke Cultural Marxism is - the mental insanity of sociopaths
When I was 10 I was set on going into the Army to be a Ranger growing up. At 15 I changed my mind and wanted to be a Force Recon Marine. All of this because of watching Surviving the Cut on the military channel.
I was overweight and unfit at 17 and spent a couple years getting in shape, at 20 years old I lost interest in joining because of the direction the military was headed.
Im 24 now and still would like to fulfill that dream but I'm extremely hesitant of getting into something I feel I'll regret doing for 4 years because of how our government is running things at this point.
@@jaimeduarte1515 I have a young friend who joined the Army. He owned his own truck, and was quite successful at it and was putting money away. But, like you he had that urge to serve. He regrets every minute of his decision.
Millennial here. I remember all of us in high school wanted to sign up after 9/11 but right before we graduated in '04 the US invaded Iraq and most everyone went "...wtf nevermind."
It’s a combination of the following factors (and probably others)
-National division, lack of patriotism
-Unclear mission
-Recruiting campaigns no longer focus on the sort of people who ACTUALLY join the military
-Abysmal leadership
-A failing education system
-Policies that have made us the fattest laziest nation on the planet
-Poor treatment of veterans
-Two generations of veterans that saw our nation fail our brothers and sisters now discouraging service instead of encouraging it.
Spot on.
Yes. I think you are 100% correct. It took is decades to get into this mess and its going to take decades to get out. In regards to your last point; I know and work with several vets and ALL of them have said it wasn't worth it.
Lack of patriotism? From whom?
Everything else, you hit the nail on the head.
@@cohenpeter I would argue that mainstream culture is pushing the “Murica Bad” narrative pretty hard, which does damage how citizens see the country. Also, it’s pretty tough to feel pride in a nation that is abandoning everything that made it great and seems to be hell bent for divorce from itself.
@@scottym.9077 We’re also having to deal with a lot of uncomfortable truths as a country. It’s not so much ‘’Murica as it is ‘Murica has done some bad and needs to do some truth and reconciliation.
That’s really what we want. I mean, America has the tools for actual greatness. We’re different. I only wanna rip off some good ideas from Europe like healthcare, not become like Europe, which is often way more racist than the US.
Keep in mind that this nation was literally founded on complaints and grievances. Washington understood this.
Currently 19 and talked to many vets. Some said they loved the military, most hated it. Absolutely disgusted by how corrupt the leadership is there. I will never join
Good for you! You made the right decision! God bless!
My dad and my older brother hate it. They served, dad was a CO in ‘Nam, older brother in Desert Storm and Somalia.
My problem is that the benefits of being in the military are pretty obviously designed to target poor people and people who are vulnerable.
Maybe the unseen connection is that people see how the military and government treat it's veteran after wartime.
This might be the other reason but it’s the same in UK and other EU country. But in India here vets are given a salary worth of govt teachers’ jobs(which is soo good + they give vet free alcohol😂)
And people in general tbh
@@ifv2089 I agree 100%
I also wasn't trying to incite the entitled snowflakes this morning either.
@@camelfilters3224 _u trying prove my point thanks_
@@ifv2089 np lmao
Despite being a 4.0 student who lettered in two high school sports and maxed out his physical agility scores, and earned his wings in Civil Air Patrol my son was turned down. EVERYBODY said if he didn't get picked nobody would. Well he didn't get picked. The letter said they did a "Thorough background investigation". In the next sentence they told him he should take 3 courses that he had already taken. They suggested he retake his physical agility test to improve. Apparently their "Thorough Background Investigation" didn't include looking at his transcripts or his agility test results. And as for all the military belly aching about being short 4,000 pilots, my son was the only one out of 3 congressional districts who learned to fly. He was disillusioned and disheartened and after what we have all seen I don't blame him for completely losing interest. I was a Warrant Officer Huey Pilot and I am sick of what the military has become. For the first time in my life I am scared for my country.
I agree, 💯. I'm 51 & a US Army MP veteran, 4yr. 1990s. I saw recent 2020s era Navy Specwar & SOF guys saying they would NOT want their family or sons to be in SEAL, SWCC units. J-SOC has seen many scandals. Gen Milley and some of the E-9s/command NCOs are 🤡🤡🤡. I'd give the current 2022 Sec of DA credit for MWR/welfare improvements but that is like 2%-5% of what needs to happen ASAP.
Wait I’m confused, no military branch would except him? Is he short? I really don’t understand, I’m 5’8 150lbs, graduated high school last year, no criminal or medical history. I’m leaving soon for the AirForce, what’s so hard about joining the military?
Degradation of standards to push some agenda like that woke idiocy
That did not go well with us, and the advocates were also removed from their positions
The result was a bad generation, generally no cohesion in the unit, weaker combat and operational capability
All of them were immediately dismissed from their jobs
Your son was victim what we call in europe Nepotism or second thing he guarded somebody place
If Biden starts a war with Russia or China they'll probably start a draft.
@@justinneedham4366 as a pilot i believe its alot harder
This is why a well armed and trained militia is vital. You'll see we will have to defend ourselves against our own military.
It's delusional to think any militia could defeat a trained and properly equipped American soldier.Thats nra nonsense.
Good luck
Those Tranies on all those steroids could rip a M1 Abrams in half with there bare hands hahaha
The amount of people getting disqualified from the military because of use of psych meds when they were in their teens that was prescribed to them by doctors and ordered to take by their parents is outrageous. Also if you self admit to having any substance abuse issues in the past no matter how long ago it is an automatic disqualification. Even though the current long-standing culture in the United States is that of recreational drug use and alcohol.
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The drug users have expanded mind and compassion. Not good for war or being held behind a twisted facade.
a guy in my class wanted to join the army (a European one) and he got temporarily disqualified because he used medications. Then he stopped taking them and he tried again after a few months and passed
U.S Marine here, 1972, I enlisted to defend all of my countrymen. Today, I WOULD NOT shed my blood for 50% of the trash in this country. In recent years I been sickened to the depths of soul because of the horrible condition of the corp. The recent commandant and generals are a bunch of sell outs. I have 5 sons and not one of them have served because of Vietnam and recent wars.
So you went to destroy Vietnam for no reason ? For what , they didn't bother us?
@@olentangyriver1191 can you read and understand English???? How stupid and insulting........
@@russellwalts4260 Was that supposed to be a insult? It's so damn lame... No wonder they sent your family there... 😂
@@olentangyriver1191 it’s a lot more complicated then that but nice straw man
@@hereticalheretic5569 Please speak proper English.
I retired in 2011 after 28 years in the Army, it was getting too woke back then, one of the reasons I left. I can't even imagine how woke and unbearable the military is right now.
close relative a high O...its a word minefield.
my brother retired from Navy after 25 yrs. he was glad to leave it was getting to PC
Obama purged the military leadership with leftists. It's now in the alphabet agencies.
@Flage Wash hears “woke” on fox news once….
My ETS is in 2024, and it will be just shy of ten years. I am torn between getting out and reenlisting, I still believe in the military as an institution but Leadership...well lack thereof and the woke political correctness is what is deterring me. The need to pander and be inclusive has definitely been a HUGE setback for me, I recently had a daughter born and the financial stability the military provides is another thing keeping me wanting to reenlist. While I wholeheartedly understand the military is a melting pot of different cultures there is too much emphasis on the individual and no longer the TEAM.
An E4 with 4 years experience makes about $33K a year. A 50th percentile Uber driver makes $40K in my area. No basic, no uniform, work when you feel like it etc. Doordash, RUclips, selling crap on Amazon, Onlyfans are all more lucrative and less risky than the military. They were just nonexistent options to previous generations. The internet has eaten the potential lower enlisted.
Well that, and the fact no one wants to die in stupid wars, that have NOTHING to do with protecting the U.S.
My teenage boy wants to be a career pilot. He has been planning on joining either the Army or Airforce reserves while he gets his degree and then become a military pilot. He has been paying close attention to all this nonsense along with the escalation of war. He is now changing his career path and doesn’t want to join.
Same
Well sonny how about the people who fought off the redcoats and secured your freedom to act like that. When you watch a female pilot jump into the cockpit what do you feel, hell, there is always gonna be " nonsense" in any job., Pansies let the bullshit rule them.
Tell him that delta airlines are hiring with no degree. He just need a private pilot licence
I'm an Army vet and trust of govt, military leadership and media is waning big time. Wokeness is literally destroying everything. Military, social, economical, family and individual rights.
It is a blessing that the same government trying to turn the US into a dictatorship is simultaneously dismantling its would-be enforcers. 😉
Define wokeness
Not mission focused
I'd say it's more that people have had enough of being lied to.
@@brettm7345 Ok then, so this video doesn’t matter nor does gen z joining the military
I considered staying in the Army after my first contract was up but the Army wouldn't let me re-class (change my MOS) from a combat engineer to something else so, I just ETSd. I guess they would rather lose a soldier of 3+ years than let you switch jobs! Speaks to the poor decisions at the highest levels.
Leadership is 90% of the issue. They’d rather make exceptions for new soldiers with poor criminal records then take care of the enlisted
They were practically begging ppl to stay when I got out in ‘21
@@prdgmshft9107 I got out in 2016. Totally different Army than today.
That's how it was for me when I left the Air Force. I was considering re-listing if I could retrain out of security forces. However, I passed the NCO test and went from a senior airman (E-4) to a staff sergeant select (E-5). Then I found out they were not letting any NCO's cross train, or folks who were going to be promoted to an NCO. They were doing this because people were leaving the security forces career field at a rate of 75%. That should tell you something. So that made my mind up for me. I decided to just leave. It's sad, but the military, like other government organizations has horrible managers. I saw an article and video a few weeks ago, about how some people currently in the navy were upset that the navy was being more obsessed with recruiting people. Than they were, focused on retaining the people and talent they had. That is just plain awful management. I understand the need to recruit, but you also need identify good workers and skilled ones. Then do your best to retain them as well. At least that's what good manager would
The military in general isn't for everyone. Regardless of rank and experience. It is a service, not a job. Military service is not a place to make money. That is why it is called the SUCK. 😉😁
I'm currently in the army. Been in for 11 years now. I think it all comes down to trust. The rape conflict, suicide rates, and just basic trust in leadership. Also it definitely seems like the war in the middle east was put on for selfish reasons. AND kids these days are soft as hell lol. Thanks for your videos btw love them
Imagine joining the army not to rp some armyhos
Not rlly soft. We make memes about americas worst warcrimes for fun. One google search away and we have thousands of warcrimes to show us to not join anymore.
@TheElevenBravo20 guess you dont wanna get caught
@TheElevenBravo20 you sound very insecure
@TheElevenBravo20 imagine being so hurt and annoyed by some internet comment, that you send two of these immature, im supposed to be meant as 'insults', in a space of 2 hours. Get a therapist dude
Love your no nonsense honesty. God bless 🇺🇲
One of the big reasons I got out after eleven years of service was the fact that we aren't solely focused on protecting our country, but rather going to the middle east once every year or two to protect other countries assets.
got to protect holy lands
Same reason after 12.5 years was the same Brother , and taking away bonuses at the last minute, or eliminating those funds after you met the requirements.
And give away billions of dollars worth of our assets.
Not to protect other countries' assets. To protect US assets in and from other countries, specifically US global control, industry and profits. The real reason the US went to war in Iraq, was because Sadam Hussain suddenly stopped exporting oil for payment in US dollars and instead started exporting oil for payment in Euros, threatening the US's worldwide oil and currency dominance. The US went to war in Lybia because Muammar Gaddafi did exactly the same thing. The US went to war with ISIS in Iraq because they threatened US interests and industry established in Iraq and the wider Middle East, which again threatened and harmed US global profits coming in from Iraq and the Middle East.
The US nearly always only goes to war to maintain or protect its own global interests, industries, and profits beyond its borders. The whole reason the US is the world's largest economy and superpower is because it has the most overseas worldwide dominance, control, assets and influence, which bring in huge profits and benefits. That's why the US has and deploys the largest global military in the world to protect those worldwide assets, profits and interests. Not to protect other countries' assets.
We did this too ourselves by not standing by our vets and not offering them only three meals a day and lies too wash it down the United States the greatest country in the world today has veterans waiting for care waiting forever for compensation and they wonder why he's won't join elementary Mr.watson
I'd love to see how military veterans that joined the military between 1985-2015 go up against this new woke military in a simulated battle with zero work up. My money is on the beer belly, joint and back pain, chain smoking, dip spit swallowing Brigade.
Yep that's true.
@klumster, I enlisted 1985.😂 you were a G.I. Just screaming and yelling. Shine boots and starch uniform, and p.t. and all was teaching you discipline and how to get back home. 11 bravo mos.
Ready to go....!
I joined in 2013
I joined the British military in 1981 in a reserve capacity(your Guard) . Then you had to be selected based on a weekend 48 hour evaluation of physical fitness, mental attitude and will to win. Everything was at the double and Logs were our best friends. 🤣. Only about a third we’re invited back to train. That was for bog standard infantry. In 85 I went regular for a few years and it wasn’t uncommon to have that wastage in the training platoons . Again bog standard infantry. In specialists units like Paras and Commandos the attrition could be higher . Pre Para selection , P Company ( I did mine 87) would fail more already trained soldiers. Hard fast timed and weighted runs over difficult terrain with 35lbs plus 10 pound weapon in 1hr 45 for 10 miles Etc. You selected yourself is what the training staff said . You want to be here you meet or exceed our standards was the mantra. Or as one said “ I can train your lungs and legs , but I can’t train your head and your heart to complete this “! But he would add helpfully “ I can arrange for a train ticket for you if you Jack” 🤣. There was absolutely no nonsense, wokery or soft soaping the requirement. I can’t vouch for today as I handed my kit in in 91. But I did speak to some Seniors who recently left and they weren’t impressed with what’s coming through or the senior leadership with all this PC nonsense🤷🏻
New subscriber. You’re right on target. Refreshing! Thank you!
Thanks! Go on Jameson. Great Man
I had a funny debate with a fellow vet at work. I said, hypothetically if we played a war game. Same equipment, only difference was the 'soldiers'. Would you bet on our grandfathers army of 1944 vs today's military? Its really no different than the legions of the 1st century vs the romans vs the 5th century. Government corruption leads to this.
The Legions of the Roman Republic would put to shame the Legions of the Roman Empire. That being said your analogy is spot on.
Today, for sure. We love to idolize the past, but the draft caused a ton of problems back then. We had numbers in that military, but everything else fell behind. The military was rife with personnel issues because people weren’t properly vetted. People got away with things they’d never get away with now. Unfortunately those stories are harder to come with less WW2 vets around, but I remember hearing about the mind games people in power would play. The power trips that would never be tolerated now.
Men who chopped wood or froze to death vs boys who think wifi is a human right
Lots of scary similarities to the end of the western roman empire and the usa today. When the deathblow was finally struck no western romans actually cared. They just became part of the new barbarian kingdoms. Romans were already at that point tearing buildings and monuments down to use to build ttheir homes and farms with. Most of the destruction done to ancient rome was caused from spoilage not invaders. The romans themselves destroyed rome.
Fighting for freedom and independence to fighting for ???? In so many different countries. Your analogy makes no sense.
I got out because it seemed like no matter how good of a soldier you were that all it took was one toxic leader in a position of authority to not like, focus on you and get you chaptered out of the military. My company was good. But I knew guys in the other platoon who used to OPENLY BRAG to his soldiers about how he’s already chaptered 6 soldiers and was actively trying to chapter 2 more. Then you have the double standards of how senior ncos and officers will punish enlisted but god damn if the rules apply to them or any meaningful punishment happens to them.
Bro you're telling me, my first deployment my first Sgt made us stand in formation because someone stole the company guidon. We were in one of the most active places in Iraq at the time constantly getting artillery rained down on us. Stood in formation from 3am to 11pm only got to leave is if we had guard duty or mission. My second unit the most shitty leadership I've ever witnessed. Dudes getting in trouble for drunk on duty while leadership was drinking on the job. Basically treating every junior enlisted like they were still in basic. Mass punishments. I'm glad I switched companies to sncos that actually cared. I ranked up so fast because I actually knew my job thank God they recognized that.
It’s the good ole boys club
@@OneBullet4586 that sounds horrible. They wonder why ppl don’t wanna join I regret it
That sounds about right!!
3 members in my platoon re-enlisted in 2010. Every other member EAS'd. Was about the same in the whole company. So much experience lost.
I've been in since 1993 and would NEVER want my kids joining now.
I asked a young troop that just hired onto my company after 3 years active duty about the training. Mandatory classes on how not to offend a casualty while extracting them from the field, and the like. Shocked, I asked "What about combatives?" He laughed and said the only time he came close to that was while in basic. If our force has to deploy tomorrow against a real world power, Milley is seeing to it, half our standing force will get planted. Who would want to join that team. You understand, this is all intentional - to disembowel the rank and file of our armed forces.
that's why even CIC potato said world powers can not engage each other for fear of MAD. so don't worry. you won't be facing off against china or russia. MAD courtesy of yoru CIC>
Wow that's is going to bite us in the ass the next major conflict.
But at least they won't offend anyone, right?
@@ajd8558 🤣🤣🤣👍
@@joeswanson733 My first unit, straight out of AIT at the age of 18 was ADA. A good number of the NCO's and CWO's were combat arms Vietnam veterans. As they progressed through their careers, they changed MOS away from infantry, armor, ect, into more technical fields - but they brought their experience with them. And that was the backbone of the Army. I'll never forget my first PS (former Pathfinder) after first meeting him - with a bottle of Seagram's Seven in one hand and his knife hand in my chest "Starting tomorrow, you're gonna learn how to approach a person from behind and kill him with your bayonet" The profound impact was in the way he said it, like he was depositing a check down at the credit union - pure calm, soft spoken professionalism. I don't recall him ever barking at anyone, to get his point across. He'd rip us kids in half with a stare.
I saw this coming in the late 80's. We were fresh out of the shipyard and doing workups out of Norfolk when we were told, "You cannot say MAKE A HOLE anymore because we are about to have female squadron reservists on board for 2 weeks and they might get offended."
wtf. make a hole is the way to communicate move the f out of the way
Sounds like bullshit we said make a hole in 2012
@@GYMJAX key word... might
Well, I'll give credit where credit is due - All of the women I served with had a fouler mouth than me, and were nasty little fire pissers when on mission. But that was 25 years ago.
Especially during the Clinton era but not this ate the fucked up like a soup sandwich
One of my former shipmates was assigned to a Frigate, whose CO was a female. She was the first female CO of a combatant ship. It was her first TOUR on a combatant ship.
Are you complaining or complimenting? Many women today are surpassing allot of males simply because allot of males today lack the ability to be men. The beard sorta says but doesn`t prove your a man. whats a man you ask? . You understand freedom isn`t free, you watch in many WW2 films men with guns who volunteered to go kill other people trying to rule our way of life, maybe your dad fought and died for us, your a selfish, brainwashed human to not want to keep America free by letting others do your job, grow up.
Jameson you're absolutely right 👍🏻!
not.
As a serving member of HM Armed Forces with 29 years of service and still going, I can confirm that the British Army has gone woke. I'm due to start a course where an individual will be keeping a lookout for 'micro aggressions' being used such as the term 'manpower'. Its all about quotas and morale is as low as I've ever known it to be. I've got another 7 years left if I want it but I'm done. I feel utterly betrayed by my own government and the reasons for this are many which I won't bore you with. Those that know, know.
Micro aggressions? Like 7.62x39 or 5.54? I can't keep up.
It's horrible looking back on all that time to see the NOW while thinking we actually contributed by our service to this insane progress(so called).
Its that same satanic revolutionary spirit... In France 1789, Soviet Union,Maoist China.... Its demonic
I wanted to join the military and went to an army recruiter just this month. Even with all the BS with how the military gets treated and people not standing for our flag. However, the reason I stopped was my first interaction with military personnel. The recruiter lied to me and tried to play ignorant for sending me to MEPS without an application or communicating with me after his boss called him and me sending a text to another recruiter as to what’s going on. No response to his boss and/or apology for sending me unprepared until I reached out which was hours later(7hours). I work a civilian job and I’ve experienced more professionalism and organization than I did with “trained” military professionals. It’s sad to say but they have lowered the bar now so far that our current new generation military is a joke.
Don't believe anything unless it is written in your enlistment contract. To get a guaranteed skill you will probably need to sign up for a 6 year enlistment. As long as they force you to take the unproven covid shot don't enlist.
Join the marines
go to another recruiter, hopefully there're not all like that
When I enlisted my recruiter jerked me around too for months. Recruiters lie to you regardless man. They say what you want to hear so you join. Dont join for what they say join for your own reasons or dont join at all is my advice. BUT... Before you sign that damn paperwork. Try talking to some veterans and decide if that is really what you want to do with your life.
They are not all like that. A lot will embellish the truth but it’s their job to get you to join. That said most will try to get you the best deal out the gate some are just lazy though.
Marine vet here.
Systematic toxic leadership, E1-4 burnout. You make it to E5 and you start seeing it. Had one guy who overtrained into 280 percent disability. Started with broken ribs from basic, got worse with neck injuries,broken lungs, shattered knees. Guy couldn't train. He tried anyway. Man was all heart. Never deployed, near 300 percent VA disability. Boggles the mind.
Man thank you! Thank you for sticking up for the lower enlisted. Someone should also mention the difference in standards for men and women.
I'm not military, hell all I did growing up was join the UK's cadet program and do some instructing there. But I had a friend whose brother wanted to be a pilot in the RAF, the guy was absolutely brilliant and sharp as hell. He aced all the exams and then... Budget cuts, and they cut pilots including him from training. He's now working as a flight instructor while getting hours for his civilian license.
It's actually insane how the government will bitch and moan about low recruitment numbers - and then cut people because it's getting 'too expensive'. A good fighting force isn't cheap! If you want to see what cheaping out on the armed forces looks like - I just have to point to russia's performance in ukraine
Ooooo good one! Don't buy Chinese tires!!! 😂
They want us weak for ww3 so they can send all the youthful men to die and replace them with robots literally…they need to depopulate the earth control agriculture and send out the robots and chips 💉 all in the name of the New World Order
You are correct. Pilots in the RAF are brilliant. As a flight instructor, I thought you had to be a qualified pilot.
Interesting you mention the cadet program. There is nothing wrong with cadets. I started myself in the school cadets. When I did basic training, I already had the skills. I was in the school band, so marching was no problem for me. The members of the band are the best at marching, as all eyes are focused on the band on parade.
But if you maintain a big strong military then its harder for a combined russo-chinese-persian invasion and coinciding muslim uprising to take over the West. Thats what these Freemason muslim-supporting traitors leading the West want
Where are you from in the US ?
The moment I entered USMC boot camp, I discovered it was for me. I happily went to the Gulf War. Upon returning, the defense budget had a reduction and out I went. Nobody wants to be part of an organization with such powerful influences and so little quality of life. I was denied moving into another specialty, but then encountered administrative traffic announcing being short in the expertise I desired. I left active duty, earned a couple college degrees, and completely detached myself from that dedication. What's the point of committing myself if if that organization is indifferent to me?
clinton gut the military. i remember that time as i was in.
totally feel you on that. I got out and went to school as well because I also thought the same thing; if my unit doesn't care, why tf should i care? It trickles down
well said, and our military is in deep trouble
“Woke”
@@garaheet2931 same thing happened to my guys in ordnance. USMC has lost there goals in the process of allowing shitty leadership and weasels to continuosly run it into the ground. They had no mercy for putting me through all the bullshit. I saw no need to sign another 4. Honorable and we are out of there. Too much corruption... and I thought the real world was bad.
Gen-Z Canadian here, always wanted to join the CAF specifically as an armored soldier and make a career out of it as my uncles and grandfather did, but between the people's distrust of the federal government and foolishness of the chain of command in place when I finally turned 18 I decided to work in law enforcement because the pay is higher, benefits stronger, my chain of command is competent and not concerned with politics and media coverage there is no extreme individuals making you feel bad about your heritage and lineage, and people in my nation don't seem to honor or respect the armed forces as they once did giving you no real pride in your service (or desire to serve in my case). So now I am a correctional officer and heading into policing happier than ever with my decision.
All my life I wanted to be in the Marines infantry. My uncle was in the Marines and my grandfather was in the Army, during World War Two stationed in Germany. In order for me to join the Marines, I had to complete fifteen college credits with a minimum of a 2.0 grade point average. This is because I dropped out of high school when I was younger ( bad decision ) and my online high school diploma was not credible. Numerous recruiters told me any classes were fine as long as I completed them and had the minimum 2.0 grade point average. A year later, I finished all my classes with a 3.5 grade point average. When I went to the recruiters to sign the papers, they told me I took the wrong classes. I told the recruiter, I was told by numerous other recruiters that any five classes were fine as long as I met the 2.0 requirement and completed all the courses. He said whoever told you that was wrong. So I basically wasted a year of my life trying to join the Marines and prove that I really wanted to be there. In order for me to join I would have had to take another five classes the next year that were completely different.
After that, I said screw it, I'll try the Army. I took the ASVAB and had an average score. All I wanted to do was be in the infantry and I would have been happy. After I passed the test, they basically said wait for the call to go to MEPS. I waited... and waited.. and finally gave them a call. When I told them my name, the recruiter didn't even remember me, then finally looked up my name and told me they had a problem with my paperwork, I had to get medical paperwork for back surgery when I was nine years old for mole removal, stating that I was physically able to withstand boot camp or whatever. I had no record of my doctor being that it was so far back and in a different state and the fact that the recruiters didn't even remember me was alarming. Needless to say, I just took it as a sign that maybe the military wasn't for me.
I think part of the problem with recruiting now and days is the military regulations, they are not what they used to be in the Vietnam and possibly even the Desert Storm era. Back in the days they didn't care if you had tattoos or if you didn't attend college. They just wanted people that wanted to be there. I also think access to war footage all over the internet probably opens up peoples minds a little bit, back in the days you didn't have access to war footage all over the place. I also think that people don't trust our government anymore and our patriotism level isn't what it used to be. People are slowly realizing that soldiers are losing their lives for corporations, money and greed.
@Hulk Hogan ?
@Hulk Hogan we fought the wrong enemy
Tattoos- Interesting you mentioned that... yeah, those that had them weren't walking bill board morons like today's youth, soo, umm, yeah.
College credits? Nope but the standards were very high even with a G.E.D.
Well now I heard the standards are so low you don’t need a diploma anymore.
Maybe they want less white men?
Halfway through my second deployment I fully comprehended the scale of waste and graft going on overseas. None of the wars the USA started in the ME region had any legitimate purpose. It was only ever about funneling money to the military industrial complex. The cost in human lives destroyed and fucked up wasn't important to anybody.
It's incredible to me that the US failed so badly in Afghanistan, and nobody cares. It's because it wasn't a failure at all. Lining pockets was only the ever purpose. That's why the totally botched withdrawal and decade spent propping up a fake dysfunctional government aren't a huge, government ending scandal.
The greed of the USA is without bounds. It relies on patriotic young idiots to prop up its military force, and damages them and make them dependent before they figure out what they have done.
If you were truly ever in the military, which I somewhat doubt, you were the Private Joker of your unit.
Had a Canadian forces vet, tell me in Afghanistan they protected more poppy fields than anything else.
The war was about $ and drugs
You are 100% correct! Our military is not only a social experiment, but used as corporate goons. It’s always about money!
@@eq1373 dude, you didn't serve
Might also have been a way to distribute arms to the Mid East terroists.
If you absolutely have to join the military then become an officer, accept nothing less even if the dirt bag recruiter tries to talk you into being enlisted.
Last year I wanted to join the army national guard as an officer. I took the asvab and my GT score was 120. Went to MEPS, and everything was good. I don’t have criminal record, never even done drugs. Once I got to the Doctor, out of my conviction I could not lie, when he asked one of the questions, “have you ever seen a counselor or a therapist?” I told him yes. For depression, suicidal thoughts, anger, and having trouble loving myself. He wrote a couple more notes and told me that I would have to give them my records. So I got my records and gave it to them. Ever since though my recruiter has stopped checking on me, or doesn’t seem to care. Keep in my mind, I never was hospitalized, diagnosed or even took medication for my mental health. I used my employer benefits to get a counselor through an agency my employer works with. I work for a municipality. The problem here is that they don’t see counseling as a form of getting better, they see it as you’re now a liability. They no longer see you as an asset. I know I am a qualified candidate as I have good work ethic, have a bachelors and I know how to be fair with others in regards to leadership. Good leadership starts with serving those that are under you, because they are the ones that do the dirty work. One yes and that stopped the whole process. If that’s the case I believe I’m better off somewhere else than. I did want to serve my country, but if it doesn’t happen I’m fine. It looks like it’s not an organization for me. It’s okay, I know I’m made for something else. There’s other opportunity out there.
I recently visited the Army ROTC Detachment at the university I am attending. I asked the major about the medical screening process, and he said to not mention anything and that saying yes to any of the medical questions means an automatic disqualification.
@@mattwong5403 it’s not automatic disqualification, you can get a waiver and that why they have them. The issue next is that they take so long to get one, or the recruiter doesn’t want to work as hard as to get you one. It’s important to tell the truth because once you sign your contract and are in, if your medical condition arises at any time during your contract, they can pull your records. If they see that you lied about the medical condition that you have to get checked on because now something is bothering you; then it’s grounds for termination from the military with a dishonorable discharge since you lied on federal documents. That dishonorable discharge is looked at as having a felony from potential employers and other opportunities in the civilian world. Many will choose to not hire you because of that. If you lie, you have to ask yourself, is it really worth it?
@Joel Lara It's a common misconception, even among seasoned veterans, that the only types of discharges from the military are Honorable and Dishonorable. There are several other types of discharges. Dishonorable discharges are actually quite rare. You have to actually have done something on a felony level to get a Dishonorable discharge. Other types of discharges include:
Entry Level Separation
General Under Honorable Conditions,
General Under Other Than Honorable Conditions, and
Bad Conduct Discharge.
The first three listed here are administrative. No Court Martial is required. To get a Bad Conduct Discharge or Dishonorable Discharge you must be convicted in a Court Martial. In the four years I served as an Air Force paralegal I never once saw a Dishonorable Discharge. I saw many Courts Martial but the worst anyone got was a Bad Conduct Discharge, and those were for far more serious things than failing to mention a detail to MEPS. I recall bank fraud was one of them. Nothing I am saying here is legal advice, but even people who should know better tend to grossly misunderstand what sort of things will get you Dishonorably Discharged.
That's some BS man. I hope you get what you want and what's best for your future. If they don't see you're an asset---Prove them wrong, by being another great American success story. You can make it man. You can make it in this world with a little hard work, dedication, good decisions and learning from failure. Good luck.
Once you shared suicide and depression it was a wrap. Emotionally you would be all over the place in the service. They were right to not place you. They're not THAT woke.
I remember when I first joined, the older heads said they joined for job security.
Just a few years later, we lost a lot of sailors through a program called 'Perform-to-Serve'. And then they had the nerve to complain about losing people. This was over a decade ago.
What's "Perform to Serve"? You left that part out.
What was "perform to serve"? Your story isnt effective without that detail.
Perform to serve was a program that made you hit certain marks in your performance Evals in order to be allowed to reenlist. Fail below a certain threshold and you weren’t allowed to reenlist
So there were2,456 United States military deaths in the War in Afghanistan. 1,932 of these deaths were the result of hostile action. 20,752 American service members were also wounded, and then we walked away and gave it back to the Taliban and the Chinese!
The good thing is, that these numbers are extremely low for being over there for 20 years.
Perfectly said ❤
When I was in the military we knew which bathroom to use and our idea of a safe space was a dry foxhole.
safe space a shitter without a huge python turd in it.
When I was in there were no safe or inclusive spaces it was just the Army. Nobody cared about safe spaces because of the ongoing wars.
@@JamesonsTravels No such animal.
Which bathroom to use? This sounds transphobic and silly. There are more than two genders. Biological sex is a whole different thing with a general dimorphism, but then you factor intersex and XXY people, it's gets complicated too.
It's just such an ignorant thing to say.
Has it ever occur to anyone that may be people just don’t like being treated like animals?
We don't wanna die for Israel or the elite
Ok so just let the country be defeated and taken over. Did it ever occur you are trying to make excuses for being a pssy
@@gunsmithmcc I don’t feed trolls. On your way now.
Im currently in the military and seing that recruitment video makes me want to leave and get out the military
well said boss!!
I can tell you *Extremely Simply* why i wont go to war as a 25 yr old.
I am not going to go die for an industrial war complex in a society that doesnt fucking care about me. Everything else is just pedantics.
yeah you pretty much summed it up. war is a racket. - major general smedly usmc... basically in laymans term military are basically mercanaries in uniform.
Mercenaries for Israel.
Some day they will be commanded to do what the Js in power have always wanted for 3000 years: Create a world without Europeans.
totally agree with you. That's one of the reasons why I got out as well.
Nothing to gain, everything and more to lose and suffer. And needlessly. You said it, man.
And one that bails out criminals, looking at you Lehman Brothers CEO's and upper management. Also the fact that USA hasn't really won a war since WW2. Just go ask your boomer vets how Vietnam went.
I served 6 years on a fast attack submarine under President Reagan. I entered the Navy because I had no path to college and wanted to learn a trade. After spending two years getting that training and serving the next four years on a submarine to “pay back my student loan”, I left the Navy as a E6 electrician’s mate and a qualified reactor plant operator.
At present, I would not join the military because i distrust the Executive Branch of the US government, the Congress of the US, the current military command, the current news media, the lowering of entrance standards to get recruits and I do not trust federal law enforcement agencies.
How was subs under Reagan? Same story here but under Carter. It sucked and I voted for him because he had been in the Military. I joined for an education and got one both in the military and in college. I was an Missile Tech on 2 boomers. I was offered Nuke school in boot camp almost bit till they said I would be in Idaho for Prototype. I was born and raised there. I wanted to see the world and I did 70% of the world is water.
Based.
Do you trust the senate? Or the Supreme Court? You don’t trust federal law enforcement agencies, what about state law enforcement agencies?
thank you for your serves MR Travels
*service
CS2(Sw) here !! Everything u said , is and was true 👍
I joined in 2015 for the challenge. I re-upped in 2018 for the brotherhood and leading soldiers to do better, I left in 2021 because nothing I did was acceptable as a team leader from higher and the joes. I filled a squad leader role that qualified that squad in live fire operations and demolitions where other staff NCO's failed. company leadership wanted me to re-up but I was done with the constant berating I received as a team leader. I got more respect as a specialist. the worst part was getting reprimanded from what a few soldiers said. I decided if they feel that way then I can't lead anymore.
Nothing is worse for job retention than lack of appreciation for your hard work and constant micro management
If you had been leading in the proper use of pronouns and how to correctly tape your own penis up for trans night at the NCO club you would have been great
I got out in early 2021 for two reasons lack of accountability Among higher enlisted and officers and a lingering LCL MCL tear. While it was torn I was at Legal and and I got to work on a lot of cases where JR marines/ NCOs got court-martialed officers and SNCO’s got slaps on the wrist
I was Army but that lack of accountability rang so true within my unit. It was disgusting getting fucked over by higher ranks all the time.
Untreated injuries that get worse and debilitate the soldier are also a big issue. Right from the start in training we have to stop treating recruits like cannon fodder
I've been in the Georgia Army Guard for 18 years now. we volunteer for everything. I've been lucky that my civilian job supports the military because I'm always having to leave. combat deployments, disaster activations, schools, etc.
I'm close to retirement and am happy to go. The leadership is more concerned about their careers and how they look to the higher ups. Service member care is out the window and the policy's in place is a CYA instead of looking out for Enlisted. If we have a conflict with a peer on peer force the incompetence will get Service Members killed.
Coming from a military family, my main reason for staying away from it (at least until I ran out of options) was the stories from my dad. He'd have 10 stories of being screwed over by the Army for every 1 story of something good coming from it.
Same for me, except it's the police instead of the military.
I grew up with Rambo and Arnie movies, GI Joe cartoons, … eagerly joined the Army to “be all I can be” when I was 19.
That culture is long gone…
James had a “Charlie tree” moment when that commercial popped up 😂😂😂
Raising enlistment is simple...pay em more money. Make it financially attractive. The defense budget is massive, but the common soldier sees none of it.
thank you for your service 🫡 I appreciate your honesty
My grandpa’s military is gone; he’d be damned mad! I sincerely hope this thing gets turned around soon.
it will turn or we will become a below average shole. lots of reasons.
military changes with the times. that's how it work.s
It is the time of technology and media, it’s new and untested and Andrew Tate would say, there’s no telling what bad can come out of this
@@joeswanson733 not all change is good change
@@Randomyoutubecommenter i don’t think it’s the technology.
It’s the ideas. Wokeness, PC culture, etc.
People are trying to cater to other people who gets offended easily.
When I was in Naval ROTC in the early 1970s, CNO, Admiral Thomas Moorer, is quoted as saying, "warriors are a dime a dozen, give me admirals who know their way around Washington." This rot has been under way for a very long time. When I was an ensign, then CNO Admiral Zumwalt was "woke."
Well said.
Love the thumbnail with General Mark Milley and the lipstick. Very befitting given the state of our military and our society now as well.
The lack of quality recruits is a reflection of the state of our society
Bingo. Being soft is popular. Being mentally ill is trendy.
Exactly soften generation
@@iamzay4938 I mean I don't consider it to be "soft" when people refuse to kill innocent people overseas for absolutely no reason
Exactly....
@@iamzay4938 It's not about my generation being soft, its about my generation seeing through the smoke. The government, especially the Biden admin, uses our military as canon fodder to line their pockets. After they get hurt they get tossed aside like trash and end up homeless because the feds see veterans as second class citizens. I love this country and many people in my generation do but patriotism is standing up for whats right not volunteering to be puppets and die for politicians
I've been through D&I training four times in two years. In three of those four, the discussion has been decidedly one-sided. Apparently, me and my ancestors caused all of the problems in the US (even though my family came here in the 1880's), while People of Color need to be coddled. Even the POCs IN the training stood up against that... which may be why this last one focused more on generalities than specifics things like gender and skin color.
Sad to hear this is what you faced. It sicken me to hear how the DOD policy of zero tolerance of Rascism is being twisted for actual Rascist Identitarian agendas.
@@JorgeCruz-mi5gc my belt buckle is on top of my Xbox. 2/9 from 2008-2009 lol.
@@randallreads6268 I was with 1-9 and 2-9 Mech Infantry for a total of 4 years. After 9/11 it drastically changed in the ROK.
The national guard doing relief work sounds a lot more wholesome and beneficial than the work I saw going on the the MC
Least when the national guard deploys it's in response to Americans in distress from things like Hurricanes, we weren't really in the Middle East for the best interests of the American people lot have grown wise to it that those wars were very shady.
Guard guy here. Only a small portion of Guard troops get activated for relief work, depending on the severity and the year. You actually have to fight to be allowed to participate or help out if you want to do something extra curricular beyond regular drill weekends.
The main reason is social media. People express themselves (good and bad) about the military with more accessibility these days than years ago.
I wish my grandfather was still around to watch your channel - he was a marine and loved when people were called on their bravo sierra
The problem is the military itself. All of us veterans have been very open lately how leadership will burn you to protect themselves or take credit for your work or ideas claiming them as there own. When I was in the Marines we had a Ssgt get a DUI and put a lady in a coma, he faced no punishment and was even promoted as it got swept under the rug. Meanwhile some PFC/Lcpl gets a toaster in his room he gets punished, or he gets a DUI he gets kicked out.
Whoever made the commercials for Halo ODST needs to get hired to make the Army commercials.
Personally, I love being a Marine, but that is quite literally the only thing making me want to reenlist, when I could get out rn in my early 20s doing the same job but making a base pay of $85,000 a year with benefits
I proudly did 8 healthy years in service. I had some great experiences, but if I could go back in time, I would have never joined. The military was nothing I had expected it to be, and towards the end of my 8 years it became dreadful. The leadership was so disorganized and superficial. Superiors that seem to have a backbone initially, will easily not stand up for their people when push comes to shove. Evaluations are a complete joke full of fluff and bullshittery and never seemed to recognize real merit or hard work.
I honestly would not recommend the younger folk these days to join. I would say, “kick ass in school and try your best at things you love”. The military isn’t a bad option, and I’m proud of everyone who is staying in and serving, but it also isn’t an organization I could stay in and retire from.
Thanks for serving man. Do you think the 75th ranger regiment is doing just as bad compared to big army?
Sounds like you got kicked out.
@@dylanmartinez2157 since everyone is a Ranger it seems, Ranger Battalions ARE the Big Army. Understand?
@@warrenlewis3977 oh interesting. well with that logic i can assume you either A. Drank all the kool-aid, or B. you never served
I did 12 years in the Army, My oldest Daughter did 3 years, my oldest son did 4 years, and there is no way in hell i am letting my youngest son join when he graduates this year. especially with this administration and policies .
Hopefully by the next 2 years this bullshit covid vaccine mandate is removed
What about if he went SF or SOF? I'm going into 75th with an option 40 and I've been told by guys in RRC, SF, CIF ect that the woke culture is mainly in conventional forces
@@1ice3690 you will still be used to fight useless wars, ie Iraq and Afghanistan
Can't stop him from doing what he wants. Mine swore up and down I was going to take rotc in highschool and said it "better be on my schedule." , I said ok. When he saw the schedule, It had "home economics". To drive my point home, told him I wanted to cook with the girls. He hasn't like me since.🤣😂
They lied to you. When I was in no 🐓 suckers were allowed. Along came Clinton and it became optional. Now it’s mandatory.
Only a chump would join the US military with its current traitors leading it. Milley said he would call the Chinese and warn them if we went to war with them. I hope you enjoy the taste of 🐓. Your going to be sucking a lot of it
Remember a lot of young people parent, family members died in the war in the Middle East or lost limb suffered from ptsd and saw that family members change when they came back from tour
It's because in order join , a person HAS TO TAKE the Asvab test. And well it's pretty easy to fail a test you don't care for. Especially if you really didn't want to join in the 1st place.
In previous wars, the quintessential enlisted man, a young White man from the working class, typically from the South or Midwest, has been asked to fight enemies he doesn't care to fight for a government he doesn't trust (Your average WW2 GI had much stronger opinions about the Soviets, British, and Desegregation than he did about Germans). He did it anyway out of love of country and sense of duty, not out of some moral high mindedness that the likes of Roosevelt, Wilson or Johnson could pretend to have.
Now we are seeing the failing re-enlistment and enlistment numbers and people wonder why a government that won't shut up about how much it hates White men, Christians, and the patriotic, can't get White traditionally patriotic and Christian men to enlist for a country that hates them, to fight wars for internationalism and big business, all while being told that they have to learn to love and fight for people they find disgusting and degenerate.
America's men no longer feel the need to bleed for this modern Whore of Babylon.
@Ben Howard quit sounding like a fed
@Ben Howard You're positively GLOWING, son.
An American white man today has about as much use for the US military as an Estonian or Tajik man did 30 years ago for the Soviet military.
The USA isn't our country anymore. It's just a coastal mercantilist empire that rules over the traditional heartland from afar. They're essentially a foreign power.
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You can't serve if your a strong christian. Thou shall not kill
Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it. -Mark Twain
It's as if Mr Twain was living in the present.
What Twain should have said is,Loyalty to the Constitution, not the President.
And that is the difference between Patriotism and Nationalism.
And that is the difference between Patriotism and Nationalism.
And that is the difference between Patriotism and Nationalism.
And that is the difference between Patriotism and Nationalism.
1:37 The flag is hung wrong, the star field goes on the left
Nobody can ever say we don't want to, we do, and things never end up working weather it's just trust with others or realizing that the leadership is awful.
I served in the National Guard for 20 years. Flew Chinooks as a Warrant Officer. As the years progressed, so did the optempo. In Aviation, Active, Reserve or Guard, the requirements are the same. We fought fires, conducted humanitarian missions, deployed to Afghanistan, and much more. I say all of that to agree with your point that the mission of the National Guard did extend beyond the commercials as seen on TV. Retention began to be a issue around 2005. It would have been easier to be active duty, not working two different careers (civilian and military). I don’t regret my 20 year service but I am so glad to be retired with all of this crazy going on.
I recall a printed magazine article of a National Guard Av 🚁 making plans for a 12mo/year OCONUS 🌏 deployment, SW Asia. The NG unit did NOT 🚫 schedule or plan for any, 0 M9 9mm, M11 sidearm re quals, training, shooting. 🤔 Soooo you send troops into combat zones with 0 weapons, gun-marksmanship skills. Yeah.... that's not cool....
I'm gen z
The main reason I didn't join armed forces was because my dad was very anti millitary. It's not that he has disdain for the soldiers, but rather how the government would take young men, use them, then abandon them completely when they no longer had further use.
My dad wasn't going to stop me if I did join, as he wanted that to be my decision. However he never shyed away from how awfully the government treated it's soldiers that fought for them in the past and present.
Honestly if the US government didn't treat veterans so badly they'd likely get more recruits. On top of that people don't want to die in wartime.
I think most gen z see through the patriotic propaganda the government tries to use to manipulate the youth.
then he should be mad at the government not military!! Poor excuse
it does happens but most troops never see combat so its just a frat from grown men typically
if you gonna join, usn or usaf. now us space force if you want to learn practical skills that are civilian sector transferrable.
I am from Ukraine. And I can give you 1000% guarantee that army is necessary. If free society doesn't value its armed forces than next door dictator can remind about it.
@@joeswanson733 I might join if college doesn't work out for me. I'm 20 now, so if I'm 25 and I've still got nothing going for me, I probably will to at least be doing something with my life y'know?
90 years ago, retired Marine Major General Smedley D Butler wrote ‘War is a Racket’. It is more relevant now than ever.
Not being able to pass the ASVAB says everything you need to know about how your school taxes are being spent. Just think about your toilet and you're on the right track. This is no joke....
When the commander in cheat looks at his wrist watch as a fallen soldier is carried by...
I am a German citizen and am ashamed at what this thinking has done to the once formidable German armed forces! Nowadays the "leadership" says it isn't even proper to ask ppl to cut their hair! amongst other softening things is ok! I live in canada and am also ashamed at how our military is so far left! Finally I lived in the states for 20 years and one of the eye opening shocks for me was how the active military and vets were treated! With all the pride and patriotism and alleged support for the forces, too many of them were let down, services cut, ignored! I paid my taxes and I wanted the government to stop pissing it away and start treating these ppl right! They desrve it! they earned it!
Same thing is happening in the UK, all by design.
I call the fairytale of the new german hairforce bullshit
The German Armed Forces have technically been a shadow of it's former self since 1945.
bundeswehr certainly isnt experiencing any shortage of far right volunteers though
@@breakfaust
you meant the srussian special operations force
18 years in and I'm walking away. I can't hold my soldiers to standards that they see higher ranking enlisted and officers blatantly ignore every day. The lack of integrity in alot of the SNCOs and officers is ridiculous.
Add onto that that soldiers are having to file Congressionals just to finally get issues like pay, LODs, medical bills paid, etc.
The disparity of punishment (or lack of) between lower enlisted and people with rank or connections is also blatant.
I'm not going to act like some low life foreman who treats his soldiers like illegal day laborers so some know nothing trash snco or officer can put themselves in for an award.
Brother, can't you hold on for 2 more? I know it sucks, it sucked when I retired in 2018 and its only gone down since then. Don't rob yourself of your retirement, you have earned it and down the road you will be glad you finished it out.
Hold on for 20, I sincerely hope you can. Then apply for a federal job and your time in the military counts as federal service. You can net some fantastic benefits.
Good luck
I don't blame you.
Hold on for 2 more years.
Are you nuts, just wait 2 more years and you get that sweet military retirement.
My son took the ASVAB and the Navy offered to put him through the medical school; he's now and Ensign.
2:00 THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS!